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2023 Best Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

11 Colleges
$55,627 Avg Salary
$24,928 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Accounting Graduate Certificate School for You

With 99,265 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, accounting is the #8 most popular major in the United States.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

The Best Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 11 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best educational experiences for students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.

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2023 Best Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for accounting majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Top 10 Best Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools

Our analysis found DeVry University - Illinois to be the best school for accounting students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Great Lakes Region . DeVry University - Illinois is a very large private for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Chicago.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of St Francis. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. University of Saint Francis is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Joliet.

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#3

DeVry University - Ohio

Columbus, OH

Out of the 11 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, DeVry University - Ohio landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the city of Columbus, DeVry University - Ohio is a private for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

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#4

Wayne State University

Detroit, MI

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Wayne State University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best accounting schools in the Great Lakes Region . Wayne State is a very large public school located in the large city of Detroit.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Southern Indiana helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best accounting schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the medium-sized suburb of Evansville, USI is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

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Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis ranked #6 on this year’s Best Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the city of Indianapolis, IUPUI is a public college with a very large student population.

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Indiana University - Southeast landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best graduate certificate accounting programs. Indiana University - Southeast is a small public school located in the large suburb of New Albany.

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#8

Davenport University

Grand Rapids, MI

Davenport University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for accounting students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #8 on the list. Davenport University is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Grand Rapids.

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Purdue University Fort Wayne came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in the large city of Fort Wayne, PFW is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

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#10

Purdue University Global

Indianapolis, IN

Purdue University Global did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for accounting students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #10 on the list. Purdue University Global is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Indianapolis.

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Best Accounting Colleges by State

Explore the best accounting colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 2,435
Ohio 3,278
Illinois 3,151
Indiana 1,707
Wisconsin 1,606

One of 21 majors within the area of study, accounting has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management 416,590
Finance & Financial Management 57,778
General Business/Commerce 56,042
Marketing 52,916
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 43,382

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 11 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Pixabay.

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